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country wantse him, or the party, but because he is the prime minister's last line of defense. but bolus and boys are both in this together. understand, they don't understand, you need a recovery made by the many, not just a few people at the top. we have had new turns on charities and churches and caravans, but what is the one policy, what is the one policy that they are committed to. the top rate tax cut. speaker, john the banker? remember him. he has had a tough year with 1 million pounds. what does he get? of 42,000e tax cut pounds next year. half thousand pounds. double the average wage. that are ofe -- little better, bringing home 5 million pounds per year. the prime minister does not like to hear what he agreed to. 250,000t of nearly pounds. and at the same time, everyone else pays the price. the chancellor is giving with one hand and taking far more away with the other. disabled people are hit by the bedlam tax and millions pay more for the millionaires to pay less. the chancellor mentioned child for these 7 billion and offering 700 million pounds. what of the families
country wantse him, or the party, but because he is the prime minister's last line of defense. but bolus and boys are both in this together. understand, they don't understand, you need a recovery made by the many, not just a few people at the top. we have had new turns on charities and churches and caravans, but what is the one policy, what is the one policy that they are committed to. the top rate tax cut. speaker, john the banker? remember him. he has had a tough year with 1 million pounds....
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defense is cut by an additional quarter of a trillion dollars. a cut by an additional quarter of a trillion dollars over the sequester cuts we already had and over the reductions the defense department voluntarily took upon itself during the last budget process. i come before this body before, mr. chairman, and encouraged this body in a bipartisan fashion to look to the defense department as possible ways to save money. under the belief there must be some money in the defense department that can be saved in a responsible fashion. what the senate has done goes so far beyond that it's hard to fathom. an additional quarter trillion dollars in defense spending reductions over the next 10 years. finally and perhaps most tellingly and most importantly the senate budget never balances. ever. never balances. what does that say? they have interoperable plan for ever repaying the debt. you cannot repay the debt until we start moving to surplus. and any budget that never goes to surplus never pays down the debt. i say before i say it again, if you borrow mo
defense is cut by an additional quarter of a trillion dollars. a cut by an additional quarter of a trillion dollars over the sequester cuts we already had and over the reductions the defense department voluntarily took upon itself during the last budget process. i come before this body before, mr. chairman, and encouraged this body in a bipartisan fashion to look to the defense department as possible ways to save money. under the belief there must be some money in the defense department that...
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and it provides for the common defense. there is only a few things we should be doing here, but it provides that. it replaces and repeals the president's sequester and makes sure our men and women in uniform have what they need. i encourage my colleagues to support this bill that gets our economy growing and has our priorities right and protects and preserves those programs for our seniors and provides for the common defense. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: let's be very clear. if you give states one-third of the amount of money they are currently getting from medicaid and ask them to do the same job, which is what this budget would do just 10 years from now, you will, as the nonpartisan independent congressional budget office, say, quote, reduce access to care. that's the bottom line. with respect to the voucher program, premium support again, i don't really care what label you attach to it. the impact is the same. if you want to achieve the out-years
and it provides for the common defense. there is only a few things we should be doing here, but it provides that. it replaces and repeals the president's sequester and makes sure our men and women in uniform have what they need. i encourage my colleagues to support this bill that gets our economy growing and has our priorities right and protects and preserves those programs for our seniors and provides for the common defense. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the...
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the clerk: h.r. 933, an act making appropriations for the department of defense, department of veterans affairs, and other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2013, and or other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to concur. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 318. the nays are 109. the motion is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the question on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. the question is on agreeing to the spomplee of the journal. -- speaker's approval of the jurem. so many as are i
the clerk: h.r. 933, an act making appropriations for the department of defense, department of veterans affairs, and other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2013, and or other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to concur. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives....
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this does not cripple defense. this merely brings it to a realistic level and sharing in the reconstruction of this economy of ours. with that let me yield one minute to the gentlelady from california, ms. waters. the chair: the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. ms. waters: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank mr. ellison and mr. grijalva for their leadership with the congressional prog caucus. i rise in support of the back to work budget. let me just say it again. back to work. this is what this budget is all about. ladies and gentlemen, investment in our infrastructure. we have bridges that are falling apart. streets that need repaired. water systems that need upgrading. we can create jobs. the republicans and the ryan budget talks about jobs. they talk the talk but they don't walk the walk. i try to get an amendment on the tiger program to increase funding for jobs in transportation which we need so badly. they rejected that. they rejected that because they are focused on making sure t
this does not cripple defense. this merely brings it to a realistic level and sharing in the reconstruction of this economy of ours. with that let me yield one minute to the gentlelady from california, ms. waters. the chair: the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. ms. waters: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank mr. ellison and mr. grijalva for their leadership with the congressional prog caucus. i rise in support of the back to work budget. let me just say it again....
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there are 19,000 cases of sexual violence in the military estimated by the department of defense. but the actual number that's reported or gets prosecuted is much, much smaller than that. host: what's next for this issue in particular? guest: so i think there will still be a series of hearings that they talked about. i think congress might try to weigh in in terms of trying to make it so there are more statutory rules that the military has to face. right now all of the rules that have been created are basically within the department. if you look at the defense authorization bills like they pass every year, that's a place where congress can issue guidance. they can't have directives that will force the military to change. they can do like the repeal of the don't-ask, don't-tell in the bill they certified the report that it's been found to make the findings permanent. so there are things they can do. host: in other issues that come before the armed services committee, how are female senators playing a role in terms of bipartisanship? guest: you know, i think they're certainly active
there are 19,000 cases of sexual violence in the military estimated by the department of defense. but the actual number that's reported or gets prosecuted is much, much smaller than that. host: what's next for this issue in particular? guest: so i think there will still be a series of hearings that they talked about. i think congress might try to weigh in in terms of trying to make it so there are more statutory rules that the military has to face. right now all of the rules that have been...
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er interior,nist defense, and the effective minister of intelligence. hardly anything goes by the security front that does not go past his circle, and oil and revenue from oil is effectively run by him. i remember the discussions in the governing council. there was a huge pressure from the parties come from the islamist parties in particular, to appoint as many of their followers as possible, not only to positions of responsibility and leadership, but also to kill the request to fill the ranks of the security and other government. i'm sorry if i take one more minute on the street and assess one moreke mor minute. now it is nearly 100,000. most of these appointees are from political parties. you want the job? go to the police. it is now a system of patronage, which was exactly the same structure. when you look at the superimposed, superficially superimposed structure of political relationships, which we now called democracy. beyond,erneath, look and you will see the reality that really to a larger extent than you expect resembles the ugly face of the sad
er interior,nist defense, and the effective minister of intelligence. hardly anything goes by the security front that does not go past his circle, and oil and revenue from oil is effectively run by him. i remember the discussions in the governing council. there was a huge pressure from the parties come from the islamist parties in particular, to appoint as many of their followers as possible, not only to positions of responsibility and leadership, but also to kill the request to fill the ranks...
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>> that would not be part of the homeland defense. >> it will be. that is the current plan and it will be deployed in europe. >> will that help with defense of the homeland? >> it would not. it is strictly for defending our allies in europe. >> thank you. friday, we learn the pentagon made a decision to eliminate the deployment of those interceptors in europe. is that correct? >> yes. that was announced on friday. >> how does that affect europe, and how would that affect the united states? does it make the east coast more vulnerable? you said it doesn't apply to that united states, but would it make the east coast more vulnerable? >> the theory of the phase for thehat it would defend united states. is they haveened the secretary of defense has moved these capabilities to the ground-based interceptor site you were just discussing. it will not affect europe. >> thank you. >> general kelly, in your opening statement, you said china is attempting to compete with u.s. military activities in the region. you are asked about the chinese influence that you m
>> that would not be part of the homeland defense. >> it will be. that is the current plan and it will be deployed in europe. >> will that help with defense of the homeland? >> it would not. it is strictly for defending our allies in europe. >> thank you. friday, we learn the pentagon made a decision to eliminate the deployment of those interceptors in europe. is that correct? >> yes. that was announced on friday. >> how does that affect europe, and how...
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also, let me just mention the section with regard to national defense. congressman horsford, thank you very much for reminding is about these two wars, quite frankly, that have been off budget and that are responsible for the deficits and for the welcome of jobs and the unemployment rates we see throughout our country. our congressional black caucus budget brings our defense spending in line with our legitimate, mind you, our legit mast security needs and we also have a -- our legitimate security needs and we also have growth as it relates to investing in our national economic security here at home. whatever savings can be achieved, we put into mental health, veterans health and also support and research treatment for traumatic brain injury. also in -- let me just remind you that the spenk the only federal agency not subject to an audit. the pentagon has lost tens of billions of dollars to waste, fraud, and abuse. there have been reports of suitcases full of dollars, u.s. taxpayer dollars, being stolen or lost as it relates to iraq and afghanistan. so we
also, let me just mention the section with regard to national defense. congressman horsford, thank you very much for reminding is about these two wars, quite frankly, that have been off budget and that are responsible for the deficits and for the welcome of jobs and the unemployment rates we see throughout our country. our congressional black caucus budget brings our defense spending in line with our legitimate, mind you, our legit mast security needs and we also have a -- our legitimate...
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we cannot trace all the defense, all the issues, and the impacts of the war today. we will not do justice for example to a critical set of questions about how we got into the war, and there is a good deal of revisionist history that has been going around this week on that topic. this is i think critical for understanding what happened and why it happened and the central to understanding to avoiding a repetition. it we will not try to treat in detail the impact of the war on .he lives of individual iraqis but we are going to cover a lot of territory, and what for us seemed to be the critical three sets of questions. choosing those, we have one eye on the past and one that is very firmly set on the future. we are asking first what is the state of iraq today, how far towards the u.s.' original all of and functioning democracy has it come, and what is the outlook for this country in the region, for its neighbors, and that will be the subject of our first panel. we are then going to look at the economic costs of the war. you may remember the president was's economic advi
we cannot trace all the defense, all the issues, and the impacts of the war today. we will not do justice for example to a critical set of questions about how we got into the war, and there is a good deal of revisionist history that has been going around this week on that topic. this is i think critical for understanding what happened and why it happened and the central to understanding to avoiding a repetition. it we will not try to treat in detail the impact of the war on .he lives of...
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not the ballistic defenses we put in. we have been strong supporters of missile defense and others which are against the realistic threats which are real particularly against iranian threats. i think it is probably wise to do what he has done recently. i supported the adaptive approach in europe. i thought that was smart to move the previous administration to what the current approach is, putting this threat to europe. phase 4 was not a not realizable. the added benefit of shifting that defense to alaska with the additional missiles is that in not only is more realistic against the iranian threat but it also might open up some possible negotiations with russia. if we can take advantage of two russian radars against the iranian threats, which may now be open to us if they do not view the phase 4 as being a threat to them, it may give us an even stronger offense. iran is the major threat. north korea is the second. the difference is in one case we think they might use them. iran. and the other case, if they did it will lead
not the ballistic defenses we put in. we have been strong supporters of missile defense and others which are against the realistic threats which are real particularly against iranian threats. i think it is probably wise to do what he has done recently. i supported the adaptive approach in europe. i thought that was smart to move the previous administration to what the current approach is, putting this threat to europe. phase 4 was not a not realizable. the added benefit of shifting that defense...